Abandoned
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: June 17, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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65
Film ThreatRob RectorJun 23, 2022
Abandoned delivers tension with a more nuanced approach to a particularly emotionally vulnerable stage of life. Read full review
50
The Film StageJared MobarakJun 15, 2022
This is a very slow-moving work that leans heavily on auditory scares rather than visual ones, the whole akin to sleep-deprivation torture. Read full review
50
The PlaylistOliver WeirJun 15, 2022
Ultimately, neither Squire nor Roberts nor Gallagher Jr. really puts a foot wrong in this movie, but that’s chiefly because the whole thing is standing still. Read full review
40
Screen RantAlex HarrisonJun 17, 2022
Abandoned has a few things in its favor, but the disappointing conclusion obscures them while making the movie's flaws even more prominent, which ultimately makes it difficult to recommend. Read full review
40
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanJun 15, 2022
A listless thriller that can’t find its footing, Abandoned does occasionally rouse itself enough to suggest a better movie that never comes to pass. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJun 17, 2022
Instead of ratcheting up tension, Squire seems content to sustain a minor-stakes atmosphere that, well, abandons his leading lady in a film that doesn’t do anything interesting with her predicament. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 16, 2022
The Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott script is laughably generic, and even the potentially alarming moments are given a cut-rate handling by director Spencer Squire, who hopefully resented the fact that the production didn’t even have money for spectral effects. Read full review
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